Golden Child (play)

Golden Child
Written by	David Henry Hwang
Characters	Eng Siu-Yong; Andrew Kwong; Eng Tieng-Bin; Elizabeth Kwong; Eng Eling; Reverend Anthony Baines; Eng Luan; Eng Ahn and others
Date premiered	April 2, 1998
Place premiered	Longacre Theatre; New York City, New York
Original language	English
Subject	Religion/Family
Genre	Drama
Setting	Manhattan and Eng Tieng-Bin's home village near Amoy, in Southeast China. The Present, Winter 1918 and Spring 1919.
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This article is about the David Henry Hwang play. For other uses, see Golden Child (disambiguation).

Golden Child is an Obie Award-winning^[1]^[2] play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's second Broadway play, it depicts an early twentieth century Chinese family being faced with Westernization. The play was developed Off-Broadway and premiered there on November 19, 1996 at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by James Lapine, with Tsai Chin and Jodi Long in the cast.

It was revised during productions in California and Singapore. Then, it premiered on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on April 2, 1998.^[3] This production was also directed by Mr. Lapine, with Randall Duk Kim and Ming-Na Wen in addition to Long. It was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play that year.

An Off-Broadway revival opened on November 13, 2012 as part of a season of Hwang's works at the Signature Theatre.^[4] This production was directed by Leigh Silverman and featured Jennifer Lim, Julyana Soelistyo, and Greg Watanabe.

It is published by Theatre Communications Group and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.

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